I've Seen Enough Of Hell

Little girl: I don't want to go to heaven. I want to go to Texas.
Teacher: How about you go to heaven after you go to Texas?
Little girl: Nah. I just wanna go to Texas.

Vacation Bible School
New Orleans, Louisiana

Overheard by: Not from here

Posted on July 6, 2015
Default, Girls, Kids, Louisiana, Questions, Religion, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Teachers, US Geography, Wishes

Who Needs LSD When You've Got This Quote?

YMCA guy #1: People seem generally smaller to me.
YMCA guy #2: Hmmm.
YMCA guy #1: I dunno, people just seem smaller. I feel like I could walk up to anyone and smash them in the face. But I am really predatory. I wish it was the middle ages, I would be all, “I?m the Goverrnator!”
Elvis impersonator, swinging his hips: John Edwards got nothing on me!

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Posted on July 5, 2015
Guys, Louisiana, Violence, Weirdness, Wishes, YMCA

Why New Zealand Girls Wear Monacles: Explained

Blonde girl #1: I really want those silver shoes from Moochi Lane. You know, those pointy ones? Even though they look a little weird.
Blonde girl #2: They look like crazy tuxedo man shoes. You know? Like those shoes that Mr Peanut wears…crazy tuxedo man shoes.
Blonde girl #1: Oh my god, they totally do!

Wellington
New Zealand

Overheard by: Felicity

Posted on July 3, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, New Zealand, Shoes, Weirdness, Wishes

He Hangs Around Outside Weight Watchers Meetings, Just Waiting

Girl #1, reading aloud from a magazine: Did you know there are only 13 blimps in the entire world?
Girl #2: What's a blimp?
Girl #1: I don't know, but Liam wants to be killed by one.

Birmingham, Alabama

Posted on July 3, 2015
Alabama, Girls, Murder, Questions, Science, Wishes, Words

No. I Said, “Pass the Bread.”

Drunk guy to drunk date: So wait, you want us to be in an anonymous relationship?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/367412832/hiding-it-from-others-or-from-themselves.html

Overheard by: justarrivedtothebarsober

Posted on July 2, 2015
Drinking & drunks, Drunks, Overheard in Minneapolis, Questions, Relationships, Wishes

Ballplayers' Demands Get Stranger Every Year

Young man to two female friends: If we go on that ride and his underwear aren't wet at the end, I am making him trade me.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/378462613/thats-a-pretty-bum-deal-for-other-guy.html

Overheard by: it's a deal!

Posted on July 2, 2015
Default, Overheard in Minneapolis, Queers, Sexuality, Undies, Wishes

Also Why Children Love the Berenstein Bears

Teen girl to teen friends: I wish I was mixed race–not really black. I mean, you're brown all year round.

Nottingham
England

Overheard by: Johnny

Posted on June 30, 2015
England, Friends, Girls, Race, Stupidity, Teens, Wishes

What If You're Pregnant with a Large Tumor That Has Teeth and Hair?

Boy #1: So, I never got what the difference was between liberals and conservatives.
Boy #2: Well, conservatives like big business, and liberals like communism.
Boy #1: Oh. What if I want to be both?
Boy #2: You can't be both. It's an on/off thing. Like, you're either pregnant or you're not. Or like you're Christian or you're Islam.

High School
Minnesota

Posted on June 28, 2015
Compare and contrast, Kids, Minnesota, Politics, Pregnancy, Questions, Religion, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Wishes

The Old Testament God Rides the MTA With His Mom

Eight-year-old boy: Mommy… I can't wait for my day of vengeance to be at hand.
Mother: I know he's unlikable, but there are quieter ways.
Eight-year-old boy, wielding stick in hand: I wanna use this.
Mother: He'll shush up if you put a bow and arrow through his eye.

MTA
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: PatriotAhckt

Posted on June 22, 2015
Advice, Feelings, Kids, Moms, New York, Violence, Wishes

Sure, Rip Taylor Made A Living Out of It

Student: Is there really a job where you can just throw paper at people and then run away?

Canadia

Posted on June 20, 2015
Canadia, Jobs & Careers, Questions, Students, Violence, Weirdness, Wishes

Wishes